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Patented Mar. 7, I899.

A. VON AUW. BOOK BACK LETTERING MACHINE.

(Application filed Oct. 11, 1897.)

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800K BACK LETTERING MACHINE.

(Application filed Oct. 11, 1897.)

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ALWIN VON AUW, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO SARAH A. VON AUW, OF SAMEPLACE.

BOOK-BACK-LETTERING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 620,622, dated March 7,1899.

Application filed October 11 1897.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALWIN VoN AUW, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State ofNew York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Ink-Finishing theBacks of Blank Books, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a machine for ink-finishingthe backs of blank books in such a manner that the entire back isfinished by one operation of the machine, so that the work isaccomplished in a quicker and more effective manner than when done byhand; and the invention consists of a machine for ink-finishing thebacks of blank books which comprises a clamp for holding the blank bookrigidly in position, a number of adjustable marking-disks supported insuitable holders, an inking-table, and means for moving said disks overthe back of the blank book.

The invention consists, further, of transverse gages by which thesuccessive blank books are set in the same position in the clamp, so asto be ready for the action of the markingdisks, and means for movingsaid gages during the action of said disks.

The invention consists, further, in the specific construction of theclamp for holding the blank book in position for the action of themarking-disks and means for adjusting one jaw of the clamp for the sizeof the book to be marked.

The invention consists, lastly, of certain additional details ofconstruction and combination of parts, which will be fully describedhereinafter and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved machine for ink-finishing the backs of blank books. Figs. 2 and3 are vertical transverse sections of the same drawn on a smaller scaleand showing the parts respectively in position before and during themarking action of the disks. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the ma chine. Fig.5 is a sectional side elevation, drawn on a larger scale, of the clampand gages for holding the blank book in position;

Serial No. 654,821. [No model.)

and Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section on line 6 6, Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My improved machine for ink-finishing the backs of blank books consistsof three main partsthe clamp for holding the book in position, themarking disks or rollers'by which the desired ink-finishing istransferred to the back of the book, and an inking-table over which saiddisks pass to take up the required quantity of .ink before transferringthe same to the back of the book.

The parts referred to are supported on an upright frame A, which iscomposed of transversely-braced side standards a a and which support thestationary jaw b of the clamp B. The opposite jaw b of the clamp issupported by blocks 6 which are arranged in horizontal guideways B andacted upon by helical springs 29 that serve to retract the blocks 1) andwith them the jaw b, so as to permit the removal of the book. Themovable jaw b is acted on by a rod 19 which is connected by arms to thetransverse shaft 6 An operating-handle B is rigidly attached to thetransverse shaft b which turns on bearings in blocks b, that are guidedin the ways B and made adjustable therein by means of a screwspindle bwhich is swiveled to the blocks b By'means of the screw-spindle 6 eachblock b can be adjusted forward or backward in the ways B, according tothe thickness of the blank book that is to be held by the clamp B. Whena large blank book has to be marked, the blocks 1) must be adjusted at asuitable distance from the jaw I), while when a small book is to bemarked the blocks b are adjusted nearer to the jaw 1), according to thesize of the blank book. The transverse rod 19 is preferably covered withrubber, leather, or other suitable material to increase the frictionalcontact and also to prevent injury to the blocks 1) and serves to pressthe movable jaw b firmly in position against the book when the handle Bof the shaft b is placed in horizontal position. The forward motion ofthe jaw b is accomplished against the tension of the springs b thetransverse rod holding the jaw b, and thereby the blank book,

firmly in position against the stationary jaw b, as shown in Figs. 3 and5'. The shaft 17 is provided with a projection 12 which abuts against aprojection b on the blocks and which prevents the rod b from passingbeyond the position required for locking the movable jaw I), as shown inFig. 5. The projection b also serves for arresting the movable jaw bwhen the rod 11 is released by moving the handle B into verticalposition, as shown in Fig. 2, so that the jaws are separatedsufficiently to permit the removal of the marked book and the replacingof a new book in position in the machine.

Each jaw of the clamp B is made of triangle shape, its longer sidefacing the sides of the book. The jaws are covered in suitable manner byleather, rubber, or other elastic material, so as to permit the requiredpressure to be exerted on'the book without injuring the same. To theupper sides of the jaws b b are attached retaining-plates cl, which areprovided with rounded-off portions 61 at their upper ends, whichslightly project beyond the upper edges of the jaws and which serve topress into depressions in the blank book at the connection of the sideswith the back. Both the stationary and movable jaws b b are provided,adjacent to the roundedofi portions of the retaining-plates d d, withrods 6, that are arranged on a level, or nearly so, with the rounded-0Eends d, which rods are provided, adjacent to the raised or beadedportions of the back, with rubber sleeves e, that serve to guide themarking disks or rollers onto the smooth back or on the raised bands ofthe book without marking the edges of the said bands. The sleeves e onthe movable jaw I) serve to receive the marking-rollers as they arepassed over the back of the book and serve as a support for them beforethe return motion of the same.

Besides the clamping-jaws and the retaining device for the same meansare necessary to define the position of the blank book in the clamp inlateral direction, so that one size of blank book may always be placedin the same position for accurate marking by the disks. For this purposetwo transverse gages g are arranged, which are adj ustably attached tothe lower ends of oscillating arms g by means of screws that passthrough slots of the gages, as shown clearly in Fig. 5. The arms areattached to a transverse rod 9 which is supported on rigid arms 9 thatare attached to the upper part of the supporting-frame A, as shown inFigs. 1 and 4. The ends of the gages g, which extend over the back ofthe blank book, are rounded ofi so as to readily pass over the back. Thegages and oscillating arms are adjusted on their supportingrod g in sucha manner that they engage the the marking of the back of the blank book'by the disks the gages have to be moved away from the book, which isaccomplished by means of an arm 9 that is attached to the shaft to whichthe holders or the markingdisks are applied. This arm strikes aprojection g on the rod g and the gages are moved in backward directioninto raised position, as shown in Fig. 3, out of the way of the markingrollers or disks, which simultaneously pass over the back of the blankbook. 7

The stationary curved inking-table D is arranged in close proximity tothe stationary jaw 11 and is supported upon suitable bracketarms D. Themarking-ink is spread over the inking-table and distributed uniformly onthe same by means of an ink-distributing roller I, which is supported bysuitable arms pivoted to the oscillating frame on which the holders ofthe marking-disks are supported. The rear ends of theinking-roller-supporting arms are connected by springs with thesupporting-frame, so that the inking-roller is held in contact with thesurface of the inkingtable D. The rear portion of the inking-table iscovered by suitable sheet metal, so that when the marking-disks and theinking-rollers are in position of rest no ink is applied to the same,the ink being only taken up during the forward motion of the disks overthe inking-table.

The marking disks or rollers E are j ournaled in the ends of curvedshanks E, which are inserted into holders E which latter are rigidlysleeved upon the transverse shaft E, which is journaled in the upper endof the oscillating frame E The transverse shaft E turns in the upperends of the oscillating frame E and is acted upon by a strong helicalspring, which is attached to the'shaft E and to one of the arms of theoscillating frame E as shown in Fig. 4. The spring serves to press IIOdistributed over the same. By means of this construction the movement ofall-of the marking rollers or disks will be uniform, so that the upwardmovement of one or more will compel the upward movement of allthat is tosay, when one moves all will move, because all are firmly sleeved to theshaft E Each holder is attached to the transverse shaft E in such amanner that they can be adjusted or grouped thereon according to thedistance at which the marking-rollers are to be arranged, but when onceadjusted do not move with respect to said shaft. The shanks of themarkingrollers are placed loosely in the holders and acted uponindividually by springs that are attached at one end to the top of theholders E and bent at the front end in such a manner as to engage thecurved portions of the shanks, as shown in Figs. 1 and at. Thesocketlike portions in the holders for the shanks are inclined, so as toallow a limited play for the shanks,which is necessary for permittingtheir passage over the back of the blank book. The Y marking disks orrollers are either plain disks for marking single lines, or rollers thecircumference of which is engraved with the pattern to be printed ormarked on the smooth back or on the raised bands of the back of thebook, as the case may be, said disks or rollers being so grouped thatthey are arranged on the shaft in such a manner as to produce thedesired pattern on the back of the blank book, while at the same timethe beaded portions of the back are ornamented by an engraved markingdisk or roller. The oscillating frame of the marking-rollers is pivotedto the lower part of the supporting-frame A and moved forward, togetherwith the marking disks or rollers, by means of a lever L, which isattached to a crank-disk L, which is connected by a stationaryadjustable link L and an intermediate pivot-link L with the oscillatingframe E By moving the lever L in forward direction, as indicated by thearrows in Fig. 1, the oscillating frame E is also moved in forwarddirection, together with the marking disks or rollers and theink-distributing roller, and during the forward motion of the markingdisks or rollers over the inking-table the ink is supplied to thecircumference of the disks or rollers until they arrive at the tubularsleeves 6', over which they are moved into contact with the back of theblank book and the beaded portions on the same. As the marking disks orrollers have sufficient play in their holders they rise upon and passreadily over the back of the blank book by reason of the yielding of theholdersupporting shaft E and produce the proper marking thereon untilthey arrive at the outer side of the same. The lever L is then moved inbackward direction, so that the marking disks or rollers are returnedwith the oscillating frame into their normal position. The movable jawis then caused to move in backward direction by operating the lever B",so that the marked blank book can be removed and a new one placed inposition and clamped between the jaws by the action of theoperating-lever B as before, so as to be ready for marking by the disksor rollers at the next forward movement of the frame E The forwardmovement of the frame ll is facilitated by means of a counterbalancingweight W, which is attached to a cord that is passed overa suitableguide-pulley on the supporting-frame and which is attached to theoscillating frame E When the handlever L is in its rear position, thelinks L L are in line with each other, so as to hold the oscillatingframe rigidly in position. The hand-lever then rests on aproperly-covered extension of the shaft E as shown in Fig. 1. Theforward motion of the lever L is arrested by a stop L which is supportedon horizontal bracket-arms L of the supporting-frame, as shown clearlyin Fig. 1. The position of the stop and arm supporting the same can bereadily adjusted to the required stroke of the actuating-lever L, sothat my improved machine for ink-finishing the backs of blank books hasthe advantages that the entire back is finished by one operation of themachine, in consequence of which a larger number of books can befinished in a given length of time than by hand, as heretofore. Theinkfinishing of the back of the blank book is accomplished in a moreuniform manner than by hand, as one book is turned out like the other,and skilled labor, which was heretofore required for this work, isdispensed with and the finishing of the backs ofblank books accomplishedat a smaller cost than heretofore.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a clamp for the blank book,of an inking-table located adjacent to and at one side of the clamp,marking disks or rollers arranged to travel back and forth over saidinking-table and the back of the blank book, and means for reciprocatingsaid marking-disks, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a clamp for the blank book, of an inking-tablelocated adjacent to and at one side of the clamp, marking disks orrollers supported on spring-pressed shanks and arranged to travel backand forth over said inking-table and the back of the blank book, holdersprovided with sockets for said shanks, an oscillating frame forsupporting said' holders, and means for imparting oscillating motion tosaid frame, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a clamp for the blank book, of an inking-tableat one side of the same, marking rollers or disks supported onspring-pressed shanks, holders provided with sockets for said shanks,said sockets being made larger at their outer end than at their innerend so as to provide a limited play for said shanks, a transverse shaftto which the opposite ends of the said holders are attached, anoscillating frame in which said shaft is journaled, and a mechanism forreciprocating said holders so that the marking disks or rollers passover the inking-table and the back of the blank book, substantially asset forth.

4:. The combination, with a clamp for the blank book, of an inking-tablelocated adjacent to and at one side of the clamp, marking disks orrollers carried by suitable holders, and arranged to travel back andforth over said inking-table and the back of the book, a transversespring-pressed shaft to which said holders are rigidly attached wherebythe movement of all of the holders is rendered uniform, an oscillatingframe carrying said shaft, and means for imparting an oscillatory motionto said frame, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with a clamp for the the same, spring-pressedmarking disks or rollers, means for moving said marking disks or rollersover the inking-table and the back of the blank book, transverse gagesfor indicating the proper position of the blank book in the clamp, andmeans, operated by the oscillating mechanism of the marking disks orrollers, for moving said gages away from the blank book when saidmarking disks or rollers pass over the back of the same, substantiallyas set forth.

6. The combination with a clamp for the blank book,of an inking-table,spring-pressed marking disks or rollers, a mechanism for moving saiddisks or rollers over the inkingtable and the back of the blank book,transverse gages for indicating the position of the blank book,oscillating hangers for supporting said gages, and means, operated bythe oscillating mechanism of the marking disks or rollers, for movingthe gages away from the back of the blank book when the marking disks orrollers pass over the same, substantially as set forth.

7. In a machine for ornamenting the backs of blank books, a clampcomposed of a stationary jaw, a movable jaw, retracting-springs for saidmovable jaw, a transverse rod for actuating the movable jaw, and meansfor adjusting the position of said rod relatively to the movable jaw soas to adapt the same for clamping blank books of various sizes,substantially as set forth.

8. In a machine for ornamenting the backs of blank books, a clampcomposed of a stationary jaw, a movable jaw, ways for guiding saidmovable jaw, a transverse rod for clamping or releasing the blank book,retractin springs for said movable jaw, means for adj usting the rod,and means for arresting the rod when the movable jaw is in its clampingposition, substantially as set forth.

9. In a machine for ornamenting the backs of blank books, a clamp forthe blank book provided with upwardlyextending plates having rounded-offends projecting beyond the face of the jaw, substantially as set forth.

10. In a machine for ornamenting the backs of blank books, a clamp forthe blank book, formed of jaws, rods on opposite sides of the jawsandsleeves on said rods at the points where the. back of the blank book isto be marked for guiding the marking disks or rollers over the back ofthe blank book, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALWIN VON AUW.

WVitnesses:

GEO. W. J AEKEL, M. O. SCHMIDT.

